BETTY GRABLE SIGNED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH
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BETTY GRABLE, (THE GIRL WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR LEGS) SIGNED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH. Betty Grable was an American actress, dancer, singer, and famous pinup girl whose bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. Betty became the studio`s top star throughout the decade, with such splashy technicolor films as Down Argentine Way, and Pinup Girl. As famous as Mona Lisa, Grable posed for a pinup photo that was destined to become escapist fare among GIs fighting overseas in World War II. The fetching pose matured into one of the permanent images of the war. Despite competition from Dorothy Lamour, Rita Hayworth, and Lana Turner, Grable was indisputably the number-one pinup girl for the GI. In 1947, the U.S. Treasury Department noted that she was the highest-paid star, earning about $300,000 a year. In the late 1940s, 20th Century-Fox insured Grable`s legs with Lloyds of London for $1 million. 8 X 10 Publicity Photograph of Betty Grable from the film, “Sweet Rosie O’Grady.” A large, clean, crisp blue ink signature of ‘The Pin-Up Girl,’ with inscription, ‘Sincere best wishes.’ Professionally Matted and Framed with an overall size of 22 x 20. Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators, (GFA).
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BETTY GRABLE SIGNED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH
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